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3221 | meridian: initial | A MERIDIAN through the ORIGIN of a system of GRID COORDINATES and used as y-AXIS of the system. Also called central meridian. |
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3222 | meridian: local | The MERIDIAN through any particular place or observer, serving as the reference for LOCAL TIME, in contrast with GREENWICH MERIDIAN. |
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3223 | meridian: magnetic | A line of horizontal magnetic force of the EARTH. The vertical plane in which a freely suspended, symmetrically magnetized NEEDLE, influen... more |
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3224 | meridian: photograph | In PHOTOGRAMMETRY, the IMAGE on a PHOTOGRAPH of any horizontal line in the object space which is parallel to the PRINCIPAL PLANE. Since all... more |
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3225 | meridian: prime | The MERIDIAN of LONGITUDE 0°, used as the origin for measurement of LONGITUDE. The MERIDIAN of Greenwich, England, is almost universally use... more |
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3226 | meridian: principal | (U.S. terminology). A true north-south line (a MERIDIAN) extending both north and south of the INITIAL POINT in the rectangular system of SU... more |
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3227 | meridian: standard | The MERIDIAN used for reckoning STANDARD TIME. A MERIDIAN of a map projection, along which the SCALE is as stated. |
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3228 | meridian: terrestrial | See MERIDIAN: ASTRONOMICAL. |
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3229 | meridian: true | A MERIDIAN. The expression is used to distinguish the GREAT CIRCLE through the GEOGRAPHICAL POLES from MAGNETIC MERIDIAN, COMPASS MERIDIAN, ... more |
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3230 | meridian: zone | The MERIDIAN used for reckoning ZONE TIME. |
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3231 | meridian altitude | See ALTITUDE. |
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3232 | meridian angle | ANGULAR DISTANCE east or west of the local CELESTIAL MERIDIAN; the arc of the CELESTIAL EQUATOR, or the angle at the CELESTIAL POLE, between... more |
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3233 | meridian-arc method | A method of determining the dimensions of the ELLIPSOID by measuring (by TRIANGULATION) the linear distances between three points on a MER... more |
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3234 | meridian distance | In ASTRONOMY, the HOUR ANGLE of a CELESTIAL BODY when close to but not exactly on the ASTRONOMICAL MERIDIAN. In PLANE SURVEYING, the perpend... more |
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3235 | meridian distance: double | The algebraic sum of the perpendicular distances from the two ends of any line of a TRAVERSE to the initial, or reference, meridian. |
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3236 | meridian passage | See MERIDIAN TRANSIT. |
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3237 | meridian sailing | See SAILING. |
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3238 | meridian telescope | See TELESCOPE. |
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3239 | meridian transit | The apparent passage of a CELESTIAL BODY across a CELESTIAL MERIDIAN. Upper or superior transit is the passage across the UPPER BRANCH of th... more |
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3240 | meridional difference | The difference between the MERIDIONAL PARTS of any two given PARALLELS. |